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Boris Johnson’s allies offer Nigel Farage a cloak-and-dagger route into the House of Lords


NIGEL Farage has received a cloak-and-dagger approach for a seat in the House of Lords, we can reveal.

The Brexit Party boss has been sounded out for a peerage by allies of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a source said.

 Mr Farage has previously revealed he could accept the £305-a-day role

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Mr Farage has previously revealed he could accept the £305-a-day roleCredit: PA:Press Association
 Sources close to Farage claim a peerage could be an 'attempt to buy him off'

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Sources close to Farage claim a peerage could be an ‘attempt to buy him off’Credit: Getty – Pool

Three years ago, he knocked back the idea, at least in the short term, but there has been an arms-length approach, the source claimed.

Mr Farage, who will cease to be an MEP when Britain leaves the EU, has also previously said he would get rid of the upper chamber if his party ever won power.

Sources close to Farage claim it could have been an “attempt to buy him off”.

One ally said: “Westminster is obsessed with rank, position and titles but Nigel isn’t bothered by it.

“A couple of people in and around the current Downing Street circle have discussed it with him informally.

“But Nigel isn’t interested. He achieved his goal with the 2016 referendum result and would let that be known if a fully-fledged approach was made.”

He blasted members of the Conservative European Research Group for giving their backing to Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal.

He said: “The ERG are now backing an EU treaty that is 95 percent the same as Mrs May’s. They are putting party before country.”

Farage said the deal is only slightly better than Theresa May’s deal making it the “the second worst deal in history and it’s still not worth voting for”.

How are peers appointed?

Most members of the House of Lords are appointed by the Prime Minister and described as life peers.

A certain number of nominations from the leader of the opposition are also accepted.

Until 2014, it was not possible to be kicked out from the House of Lords – nor was it possible to resign.

But reforms put in place that year have made both these things possible.

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